mâche

See also: mache, maché, mâché, and mǎchē

English

Alternative forms

mache

mâche leaves

Etymology

Borrowed from French mâche.

Noun

mâche (uncountable)

Valerianella locusta, a small dicot annual plant of the family Caprifoliaceae often cultivated as a salad green or herb.

Usage notes

Though there are native terms for this plant, the French term is often used. (Similar to arugula versus rocket.)

Synonyms

(Other common names of V. locusta): corn salad, cornsalad, common corn salad, European cornsalad, field salad, lamb's lettuce, Lewiston cornsalad, milk grass, rapunzel, smooth-fruited milk grass

Translations

Valerianella locusta

Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 萵苣纈草 (gao ju xie cao) (Taiwan), (ye ju)
Czech: polníček m
Danish: tandfri vårsalat
Dutch: veldsla (nl)
French: mâche (fr), mâche potagère, valérianelle (fr), blanchette (fr), boursette (fr), clairette (fr), doucette (fr), oreillette (fr), rampon (fr), valérianelle (fr), salade de blé (fr)
German: Ackersalat, ^{(please verify)} Echter Feldsalat, ^{(please verify)} Gewöhnlicher Feldsalat, (Switzerland) Nüsslisalat, ^{(please verify)} Nüsslisalat Feldsalat, Rapunzel (de), ^{(please verify)} Salat-Rapünzchen, ^{(please verify)} Sonnenwirbele, (Austria) Vogerlsalat (de)
Greek: μαρουλάκι (el) (marouláki), σμίρνηο (smírnio)
Italian: gallinella commune, lattughella, valerianella (it)

Japanese: コーンサラダ (kōn sarada), マーシュ (māshu), ノヂシャ (nojisha), ノジシャ (nojisha)
Norwegian: vårsalat
Polish: roszponka warzywna f, roszpunka warzywna f
Portuguese: alface (pt)
Russian: полево́й сала́т m (polevój salát)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: matovilac (sh)
Spanish: canónigos (es), lechuga de campo
Swedish: vårklynne, vårsallat

Anagrams

Cheam, meach, mecha

French

Verb

mâche

first-person singular present indicative of mâcher
third-person singular present indicative of mâcher
first-person singular present subjunctive of mâcher
third-person singular present subjunctive of mâcher
second-person singular imperative of mâcher

Noun

mâche leaves

mâche f (plural mâches)

A plant used in salads, Valerianella locusta, corn salad, lamb's lettuce.

Further reading

“mâche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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